Broom-bridle.



No. 71223490.y PATENTBD MAB. '24, 190s.V J. R. Ross. l BROOM BRIDLB.

APPLICATION FILEDUEB 9, 1902. Ib MODEL.

a UNITED STATES i PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN R. ROSS, OF JONESVILLE, LOUISIANA.

BROOM-BRIDLE.

ASPECIFICAEIION forming part of Letters Patent No. 723,490, dated March24, 1903.

Application tiled June 9, 1902. SerialNo. 110,829. (No model.)

To all whom it' may concern,.-

Beit known that I, JOHN R. Ross, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Jonesville, in the parish of Catahoula and State ofLouisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Broom-Bridles,of which the following is a specification, which is a clear and exactdescription of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

In the drawings like reference characters refer to and denote like partsthroughout the several views. i. f

The object of my present invention is to provide a new and improvedconstruction of broom-bridle .over that shown and'described in PatentNo. 683,071, issued to me under date of September 24, 1901.

Another object is to provide a broom-bridle of new and novelconstruction, neat and attractive inl appearance, strong and durable inits construction, capable of a wide vscope of usefulness, quickly andeasily adjustedin position, and. which can be manufactured and sold at acomparatively low price.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the followingspecification and from the drawings forming a part thereof and from theclaim terminating this specification, in which the various improvementsare specifically referred to.

I attain the objects sought by the arrangement and combination of theseveral parts illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claim.

The invention consists in a broom-bridle embodying certain novel andpeculiar features and details of construction, combinations, andrelative disposition of parts,l as hereinafter particularlyset forth andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l shows the elevationk of myinvention as seen from one side of a broom, showing a broom in dottedlines in order to illustrate the relative position of my invention withreference thereto. Fig. 2 shows an edge view of same, showing bothmembers of the invention. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of my invention,taken on the line X X of Fig. l in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 4is a detail edge view of the lower portion of my invention as attachedto a broom. Fig. 5 is a cross section looking down, taken through thebroom-handle immediately above the upper portion of my invention. Fig. 6is a detail edge view, partly in section, of the upper portion of myinvention as attached to a broom.

My present invention consists, essentially, of a ring A, adapted toloosely encircle the handle of a broom; ofthe wire members, eachconsisting of a single piece of wire, the ends of which are connected tosaid ring, as shown, by the coils C, with the four ends D of said wiremembers extending upward a slight distance and adapted to be pressedagainst the broom-handle by the coils C. Below the coils C each wire istwisted together downward a suitable distance and then branched out atoppositely-disposed angles until the space between each of the parts ofthe wire members is about equal to the width of the lower portion of thebroom proper. The construction Aofeach of the wire members is the sameto the point last mentioned, and the two wire members coincide with eachother on opposite sides of the broom. The horizontall portions N and Kare provided with eyes H and hooks E, respectively, the same beingintegral parts of the respective horizontal members, as shown in Fig. 3.The eyes and the hooks are both adapted t'o extend in among the fibers`causing the eyes H and hooks E to enter among the fibers of the broomfrom opposite directions until the hooks E can be inserted in the eyesH, the horizontal portions thus binding the fibers of the broomtogether.Asy the lower ends ofthe bers of the broom Wear off the device can bemoved upward to thepoint desired.

My improvements are perfectly adapted to accomplish the objects forwhich they are intended, and it is evident that changes in andmodifications of the specific construction herein shown and describedmay be made and that TOO of said arms being connected by horizontalmembers N and K respectively bent to form x5 inwardly-projecting eyes Hand hooks e, the upward ends of the arms being Wound around the ringA'With their ends extending n pward, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature zo in the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

JOHN R. ROSS.

Witnesses:

H. W. BETHORD, W. W. GILBERT.

